Climate Change and our Land of Fire, Flood and Drought.

No one really knows what to do. We are stuck in limbo. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. The World will pass us by, There will be huge tariffs placed on our coal exports, and the EU has already said it is prepared to put huge tariffs on Australian exports if we don't do something positive about climate change.

Coalition's "do nothing" EV strategy puts Australia in slow lane in electric transition | RenewEconomy

Meanwhile Australia test new ideas in New Zealand.

Australian made second-life EV battery system to be tested on New Zealand grid | RenewEconomy

ING picks up the tab for a big battery system in Wandoan, QLD.

ING picks up finance for Wandoan, biggest battery project in Queensland | RenewEconomy

So far it is the States, with overseas money , pushing the renewable energy option.

Wyalong solar farm set for construction after being snapped up by Greek company | RenewEconomy

The new EV's coming to Australia in 2021.

The Driven | Electric Vehicle Insiders

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Political suicide.

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Only until a term or two later [emoji6]

Aussie voters can be pretty thick!

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Originally Posted by Eevo

good chance that any govt that tries that would lose at next election.

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Indeed, but once it passes - just wait a few years and they’ll get another go.

Delivering renewable energy from Western NSW. I think the first Federal political party to come up with a workable plan for renewable energy will be welcomed into government. Australian people are not stupid. [ well, most of them]They know what's needed, they just need a workable plan to get it. Whatever happens will not be painless.

Delivering renewable energy from west NSW (msn.com)

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Australia is a minnow in "Climate Change", population wise. What we do here will have no effect if these facts are even 50% true. Perhaps even 25%.

"We'll all be doomed" said Hanrahan.
Forget Paris: 1600 New Coal Power Plants Built Around The World | Watts Up With That?

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We may be a minnow population wise, but our per capita contribution is one of the highest.
Countries that can do something, should be doing something. Rich countries got rich on the back of fossil fuels and now we expect developing countries to do it clean. The US as usual leads the way in this global problem and I can't see that changing any time soon. Let's do our bit.

Cheers

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We may be a minnow population wise, but our per capita contribution is one of the highest.

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No it is not.
Australia is a net CO2 sink because of our small population and large areas of forest, which are growing more vigorously because of the CO2 generated in the NORTHERN hemisphere.

So our output is balanced more than 100% by our input.

Surely the net output is the important thing unless of course there is apolitical imperative to say "we'll all be runed"
Regards PhilipA